Question

Have you ever picked a job based on the fact that you were good at it but later found it made you feel very uncomfortable over time? When you select your career, there's a whole lot more to it than assessing your skills and matching them with a particular position. If you ignore your personality, it will hurt you long-term regardless of your skills or the job’s pay. There are several areas of your personality that you need to consider to help you find a good job. Here are a few of those main areas;  

1) Do you prefer working alone or with other people?

There are isolating jobs that will drive an outgoing person crazy and also interactive jobs that will make a shy person uneasy. Most people are not extremes in either direction but do have a tendency that they prefer. There are also positions that are sometimes a combination of the two, which may be best for someone in the middle who adapts easily to either situation.

2) How do you handle change?

Most jobs these days have some elements of change to them, but some are more than others. If you need stability in your life, you may need a job where the changes don’t happen so often. Other people would be bored of the same daily routine.

3) Do you enjoy working with computers？

I do see this as a kind of personality characteristic. There are people who are happy to spend more than 40 hours a week on a computer, while there are others who need a lot of human interaction throughout the day. Again, these are extremes and you'll likely find a lot of positions somewhere in the middle as well.

4) What type of work environment do you enjoy？

This can range from being in a large building with a lot of people you won’t know immediately to a smaller setting where you'll get to know almost all the people there fairly quickly.

5) How do you like to get paid?

Some people are motivated by the pay they get, while others feel too stressed to be like that. The variety of payment designs in the sales industry is a typical example for this.

Anyway, these are a great starting point for you. I've seen it over and over again with people that they make more money over time when they do something they love. It may take you a little longer, but making a move to do what you have a passion for can change the course of your life for the better.

1.What does the underlined sentence in paragraph one mean?

A. Before you select your job, you should assess your skills and match them with your position.

B. There are more important things than assessing skills and match them with the position when you select jobs.

C. Nothing is important than assessing skills and match them with the position when you select job.

D. You should ignore your skills when you select job.

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Isolating usually drive people mad.

B. Interactive jobs make people shy easily.

C. Extreme people tend to work with others.

D. Almost everyone has a tendency in jobs.

3.The underlined word “stability” in the passage most probably means?

A. no movement.                B. no anger.                C. gentleness.             D. enthusiasm.

4.In a job search, what quality is not mentioned in the passage?

A. Outgoing.                         B. Motivated.              C. Cooperative. D. Passionate.

5.What could be the best title for this passage?

A. Lifestyles and Job Pay                               B. Jobs and Environment

C. Job Skills and Abilities                                D. Personalities and Jobs

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了你在选择职业时，应该考虑几个个人性格的因素。

1.B考查猜测句意。根据文章第一段中的There are several areas of your personality that you need to consider to help you find a good job. Here are a few of those main areas;  可以推知：你在选择职业生涯的时候，除了技术和职位以外还有几个你个人的性格问题需要考虑。这和选项B相吻合。

2.D考查推理判断。根据文章第二段中的Most people are not extremes in either direction but do have a tendency that they prefer.可知，大多数人不极端但他们有他们偏爱的倾向。可推知D正确。A错是因为：孤立的工作使外向的人便疯狂，而不是所有的人；B项错因为：相互交流的工作使害羞的人感到不自在，而不是使人更害羞；C错因为：文章没提到极端的人易于和其他人合作。

3.A考查猜测词义。根据文章第三段中的if you need stability in your life, you may need a job where the changes don’t happen so often.可推知，stability和changes don’t happen so often是同义表达，故选A。

4.C考查推理判断。此处Outgoing随和，外向； Motivated动机； Cooperative合作； Passionate激情。根据文章提到的5点可知，没有合作这项内容。故选C。

5.D考查文章的标题。根据文章第一段中的中心句If you ignore your personality, it will hurt you long-term regardless of your skills or the job’s pay. There are several areas of your personality that you need to consider to help you find a good job. Here are a few of those main areas;  可知，文章讲述的是：人的特性和工作之间的关系。故选D。

考点：考查说明文的阅读理解。